[kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2

[Jim Harper]

I didn't raise any objection to the protests. 
 
My objection was to people who think it's okay to go on a rampage of rioting, looting and trashing. I don't really care what the occasion is. It's pointless, violent behaviour that does a great deal of damage (and yes, the money is important, 'big picture' or not) and if anything only harms whatever beneficial or serious intent the peaceful protesters might have.
 
In terms of my point, the banks crisis is spectacularly irrelevant.
 
Jim.

--- On Fri, 17/4/09, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:


From: Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Police Brutality part 2
To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Friday, 17 April, 2009, 3:09 AM








It’s a trivial amount of money, why focus on it? Is that your only counter argument to the protests? Do you think the pigs corralling the protesters up, assaulting people who are sitting down etc, killing people with their hands in their pockets, does anything to calm the crowds? 
 
I’m not suggesting it’s fair for those people whose property is destroyed, but in the big picture it’s more of a distraction. And yes, you can come back and say well it’s not a distraction to those people…but that’s not my point. Big picture. 
 



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It doesn't put that argument into perspective, I'm afraid, because it's not particularly relevant to my point. Or are you try to suggest that rioting and looting are okay because the damage is done is far less that the amount lost in this financial crisis?

 

Most people can't afford to have their shops looted and trashed, regardless of how much money the banks have pissed away.

 

--- On Fri, 17/4/09, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

 


Hundreds of thousands of pounds…not to be too sarcastic, but have you any idea the damage the govt and banks have caused? Trillions…that puts that argument in perspective. 
 
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